I'll start by saying that Ryan is just fine, so that you won't worry while you're reading this...
And... Ryan is now 21 inches long and weighs 7 pounds 7 oz. (he was 4 pounds 8 oz when we left the hospital 5 weeks ago)
We noticed last weekend that Ryan was looking jaundice again. It had gone away by 2 weeks old, but it was back. The whites of his eyes are a cloudy, yellow color. I tried to get him some sun exposure this week, but it wasn't clearing up. So on Friday I took him to the doctor while Aunt Krista babysat Alyna.
The doctor said it's probably breastfeeding jaundice, and ordered a blood test to be done. Then we also discussed fixing another little problem that day.
The hospital here uses a plasti-bell when doing circumcisions... you don't really need to know what that is... just that with Ryan's, a piece of skin grew up over it and formed a bump of skin when the plasti-bell fell off. So there was a skin growth left there. So the doctor injected some anesthesia, and cut the skin growth off. It was not fun, and was made worse by the fact that it was right at Ryan's next feeding time. He was not a happy boy. I fed him there in the exam room after the procedure because the doctor wanted to make sure he was okay. We made sure the bleeding had stopped, and put a new diaper on with some vasoline guaze covering the area.
Then we went next door to the hospital to get his heel prick blood test to check his bili level.
We came home and Ryan slept all afternoon and evening except waking to feed. The poor little guy was not feeling very good. Mommy wasn't having much fun through all of this either.
The doctor called us about 6 with the results of the test, and his levels are all fine. If the jaundice is looking any worse this week, we'll test it again.
Ryan is fine today, though he is a little fussier than usual. The procedure looks like it will turn out fine.
1 comment:
So glad he's alright! Those episodes are not fun and scarey, too.
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